The women’s lacrosse team is vying for a playoff spot and a winning season as it sits at 6-5 overall and 2-3 in the East Coast Conference.
Last season, the Mavs finished with a 7-8 record and a 4-4 record in the conference.
“I think that we are figuring out what works for us and what doesn’t,”...

The Mercy Mavericks men’s lacrosse team suffered their first loss of the season on March 14after winning their first six matchups of the season.
The Mavericks dropped to 6-1 while the winning team. St Michael’s College, advanced to 1-1.
“It was a tough loss but I think there were a lot of...

Before all is said and done, Mary Sieber is going to own some Mercy College records.
If she ended her athletic career today, she’d still be in Mercy College’s top 5 in six different pitching categories. She is the unquestioned ace of Mercy’s young staff and one of the unquestioned leaders of...

“Thank god for a broken finger – otherwise, we might never have gotten Joe Pope,” remarked Adam Parmenter, Head Coach of Mercy’s men’s basketball team. “If he didn’t break his fingers, Joe would be playing high level football. He’s that special of an athlete.”
As a freshman in high...

The Lady Mavericks basketball team has a tall hill to climb this season. They are coming off of a season in which they went 3-23 and had a fractured locker room.
Mercy’s done everything to forget last season’s disastrous season; adding Coach Rashidi Aikens, and replacing last season’s scoring...

By Kalen Ross
KRoss@theimpactnews.com
Impact Staff
It looks as if Mercy College is in for yet another tough men’s basketball season, as the team fell to 0-7 after two heartbreaking losses last week to Queens and Roberts Wesleyan in overtime.
The team showed little signs of efficiency on bo...

The Lady Mavericks, just coming off a disappointing loss to Southern Connecticut State only a day earlier, suffered a brutal ending to their already disappointing season, losing another heartbreaker at home against Bridgeport. Although all three matches were cited as being extremely competitive and close,...

One of the things that Mercy College had grown accustomed to over the past few years was a losing soccer season. Years of futility have finally given way to success this season as the Mavericks men’s soccer team powered their way all the way to the ECC semifinals and 10-5-3 record.
The Mavericks,...

The Mavericks field hockey team entered its third season without much in terms of expectations. Their first season was one in which they suffered the growing pains of an expansion team and resulted in a winless season. Last season, their second, saw them win their first ever match against Elms, 5-1....

Mercy College finally got a new car and it’s the fastest, shiniest one on the block.
After years of playing on a subpar field that was markedly inferior of those of their ECC opponents, the Mercy Mavericks have a newly furnished, state of the art field that they can proudly call their own.
Mavericks...

Staff Profile

Prof. Michael Perrota began teaching at Mercy College in 2005. Previously, he was a full-time reporter for North Jersey Media Group in the sports and news sections. After he began teaching, he worked in...